Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes.

A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time.

We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.

The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home. We imitate; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind?

He is great who confers the most benefits.

For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys.

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.